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AUSTIN — A federal judge has scheduled Jan. 15 as the date for a hearing on Gov.-elect Greg Abbott’s request for a preliminary injunction against President Obama’s executive action on immigration. In an order signed Monday, U.S. District Judge An… …

FORT WORTH – Gov. Rick Perry on Friday called the continued incarceration of a Marine veteran in a Mexican jail on weapons charges one in a series of foreign policy failures by the Obama Administration. Perry, a vehement critic of the president, spok… …

AUSTIN — Attorney General Greg Abbott said Thursday that Texas taxpayers could end up footing a bill upward of $50 million to address the influx of child migrants crossing the border — an early estimate from the state’s top lawyer who is weighing… …

AUSTIN – Texas congressional Democrats are calling on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to stop Texas’ proposed rules for Obamacare navigators that they say impose “abritrary, burdensome and discriminatory restrictions” on those working to help citizens purchase health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. In a joint letter sent Thursday, Democrats including Reps. Joaquin Castro, Gene […] …

It’s hard to find a tougher critic of the federal health care law than Gov. Rick Perry, but Politico is reporting that the state is looking at how to get $100 million under the program to improve care for people with disabilities and the elderly. Pol… …

UPDATE: Phillip Martin of the progressive activist group Progress Texas said: “Hotze’s lawsuit appears to be a copy-cat lawsuit of one already filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation. As the Department …